GRE Word List
PERT
saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
The meaning of the word pert is saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| gazette | newspaper |
| baroque | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |